NFL

I’m Horrified By What The Sport Does to Its Players. But That Didn’t Make Severing Ties Any Easier.

Sunday’s national holiday has me feeling stressed out. The holiday, of course, is the Super Bowl, as likely to clear the streets and bring family together as Christmas. But this year it reminds me of all the insults I received when I wrote about my decision to boycott the NFL this season. One reader called me a “Nancy,” several called me a “nerd,” and someone even tweeted at me: “Hey @FuzzHogan, serious question: Do you have tits for hands?”

My kids and I mostly had fun with those insults—although we were taken …

What Did Buffalo Ever Do to Earn the Wrath of the Sporting Gods?

by Eyal Press |January 17, 2013

This coming weekend will be thrilling—and potentially heartbreaking—for fans of the Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers, and Atlanta Falcons, the four teams vying to advance to Super …